New York Times "reviews" new iDrive
10-25-2008, 04:46 PM
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As always excellent write up. Nicely picked apart 
10-25-2008, 04:55 PM
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As I've posted before - older iterations of iDrive (for those with Professional Navigation) were the epitome of a wonderful vision and forward-thinking concept let down by second rate execution. The NYT got that one right.
10-25-2008, 04:58 PM
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I've seen the new iDrive on a friends 2009 M3 and it's quite impressive. For one, the resolution is so much nicer. I like it.
10-25-2008, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='703574' date='Oct 25 2008, 08:55 PM
I don't agree at all with the first counterpoint in the BMWCCA rebuttal. iDrive on both my 2005 545 and my 2007 550 was appallingly slow. Speed of operation and responsiveness has undoubtedly improved with more recent iterations, but the NYT got that point dead on in relation to earlier releases of the technology. The lag between input and response was, more often than not, unacceptably slow.
As I've posted before - older iterations of iDrive (for those with Professional Navigation) were the epitome of a wonderful vision and forward-thinking concept let down by second rate execution. The NYT got that one right.
As I've posted before - older iterations of iDrive (for those with Professional Navigation) were the epitome of a wonderful vision and forward-thinking concept let down by second rate execution. The NYT got that one right.
Gen 3 iDrive is fine - as fast as any other car's system. Gen 4 is wicked fast.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='703691' date='Oct 26 2008, 12:48 AM
Danke!
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10-25-2008, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='703696' date='Oct 26 2008, 01:08 AM
Maybe if the NY Times ever got their facts straight they wouldn't be in dire financial straits. 
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='703708' date='Oct 26 2008, 12:24 AM
You should've seen what they did to my father's obit last year (granted, it was nice that they gave him a full 1/3 of a page but they made mistakes on the spelling of his name in 3 different ways and they issued a lengthy correction/apology this past may in the newspaper)